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Speaking today, Mr Proctor said: "They amount to just about the worst allegations anyone can make against a person, including the multiple murder of children, their torture, grievous bodily harm, rape and sexual child abuse.

"I'm completely innocent of all these allegations.

"I'm a homosexual. I'm not a murderer or a paedophile."

He went on to attack the police for undertaking a "witch hunt" against him based on his sexuality.

The accusations stem from a man known only as "Nick", who claims he was "the victim of systematic and serious sexual abuse" by a group of adult men between 1975 and 1984.

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Mr Proctor was fined a total of £1,450 after admitting four charges of gross indecency in 1987

Reading a police disclosure form aloud to a packed audience, the former MP said: "Nick provided names of several individuals involved in these acts including Mr Harvey Proctor.

"He states Mr Proctor abused him on a number of occasions which included sexual assault, buggery and torturous assault.

"He also states Mr Proctor was present when he was assaulted by other adult males.

"Furthermore Nick states he witnessed the murder of three young boys on separate occasions.

"He states Mr Proctor was directly responsible for two of the allegations and implicated in the third."

Mr Proctor, who represented Basildon in Essex from 1979 to 1983 and Billericay from 1983 to 1987, was not arrested when he was questioned by police on Monday.